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By 2024, Sri Lanka re-entered the path of economic growth, with a renewed focus on sustainable development. Sri Lanka has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving extreme poverty and is on track to meet most of the other MDGs, outperforming other South Asian countries. Sri Lanka's poverty headcount index was 4.1% by 2016.
The contemporary city, much of which was moved during the mid-20th century to preserve the site of the ancient capital, is a major road junction of northern Sri Lanka and lies along a railway line. The city is the headquarters of Sri Lanka's archeological survey, and tourism is a significant factor in its economy.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 November 1983 20 December 1988 1869 Office vacant: 20 December 1988 9 March 1989 79 – Premadasa – (5) Sirimavo Bandaranaike සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක (1916–2000) Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 March 1989 24 June 1994 1902 9th: Wijetunga: Office vacant: 24 June 1994 25 August 1994 62 ...
Dr. Deepika Udagama was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on 20 October 2015. Sri Lanka also appointed members to Public Service Commission and the Police Commission on the same day. [23] Dharmasena Dissanayake has been appointed the Chairman of the Public Service Commission.
In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...
The Free Fire World Series (FFWS) is the annual professional Free Fire world championship tournament hosted by Garena. Teams compete for a total prize pool of US$2 million . [ 1 ] The 2021 edition of the event became world's most watched esports event by peak live viewer count at the time.
Sri Lanka won the second T20I by four wickets to level the series. [19] Sri Lanka won the third T20I by seven wickets and won the series 2–1. [20] It was the first time that Sri Lanka had won a T20I series against India. [21] It was also Sri Lanka's first bilateral series win against India across all formats of international cricket since ...
School Cricketers of the Year Award is an award given to school cricketers in Sri Lanka. It was first awarded by the patronage of Warner-Hudunut Ltd in 1978 and the Sunday Observer newspaper by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited has been sponsoring the award since 1979 in collaboration with other companies such as Mobitel, Bata Shoes, and Warner-Hudnut.